Wire basket and divider for the same



@ma L E. H. SCHXLLING m@ WIRE BASKET AND DIVIDER FOR THE SAME Filed May26, 1954 INVENTOR.

mves LH. 5cl? Illing ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 1, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENTGFFICE WIRE BASKET AND DIVIDER FOR THE SAME Application May 26, 1934,Serial No. 727,633

2 Claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a ventilated tray-likepartitioned basket particularly useful as a container, within arefrigerator, of various articles varying from time to time in 5quantity, the structure being of such character as to be readily andcheaply manufactured and yet substantial and sanitary.

The accompanying drawing illustrates my invention:

Fig. l is an end elevation;

Fig. 2, a plan with a medial strip of the structure omitted;

Fig. 3, a fragmentary vertical section of a plane parallel with one ofthe adjustable partitions;

Fig. 4, a side elevation of one end of one of the adjustable partitions,on a larger scale;

Fig. 5, an end elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. 6, a fragmentary vertical section of one 2c arm of one of the mainframes and an adjacent partition of one of the vertical bars; and

Fig. 7, a detail similar to Fig. 4 but of a modied form of partitionguiding means.

In the drawing I6 and II indicate rectangular 5 frames of wire connectedby wire verticals I2 soldered or welded at their upper and lower ends tothe inner sides of the frames I and I I as indicated in Fig. 6. Lateral,bottom-forming wires I4 are similarly attached to the lower frame II to30 form a ventilated bottom for the basket or tray. At each end of thestructure are the vertical legs I5 of a U-shaped supporting-legstructure secured to the inner faces of the frames IS and Il at or aboutthe corners thereof. The lateral or 35 intermediate bar I6 of thisU-shaped structure is displaced outwardly from the vertical plane of thearms I5, as shown in Fig. l, the construction being such as to aiordsupporting feet which will hold the frame I I somewhat above thesupporting sur- 40 face.

Adjustable partitions are formed by rectangular frames (Fig. 4) of wire,opposite sides of which are connected, at intermediate points by wires2l. Each vertical end wire 22 of frame 20 is provided with a U-shapedguideway adapted to receive and slide upon one of the verticals I2. InFig. 5 and at the left of Figs. l and 2 and in Fig. 4 this guidestructure is shown as formed of a continuous loop of wire having medialparallel portions 22, 22 and U-shaped footings 23, 23 which arelaterally displaced from the plane of the parts 22, 22 and are welded orsoldered to wire 20 so that the parts 22, A22 may straddle any one of 5the verticals I2.

It will be readily understood that various modifications of this guidestructure may be provided without departing from the spirit of myinvention. For instance, at the right of Figs. 1 and 2, 10 and in Fig.7, I provide a sheet metal guide structure comprising a plate 25 havinglateral ears 26, 22 bent up at right angles to plate 25 and spaced aparta distance slightly greater than the diameter of a vertical I2 with themain body of the plate 15 25 secured to a rod 20.

The partitions may be readily withdrawn Vertically and replaced inassociation with any desired pair of verticals I2, I2, thus providingcornpartments of any desired size, within the tray-like 20 arablepartition comprising a main frame having,

at each end, a vertically extended guide structure comprising twolaterally spaced vertically eX- tending substantially parallel portionsspaced SO apart to receive any one of said frame verticals, the overalllength of the partition and associated guide structures being less thanan internal transverse dimension of the upper frame.

2. A basket-like structure comprising upper and lower Wire frames, aplurality of wire verticals eX- tending between and secured to the innersides of said frames, a separable partition comprising a main wire framehaving vertical ends, and a guide structure secured to each of saidpartition verticals, said guide structure formed from a single wire intwo parallel medial portions and two U-shaped end portions laterallydisplaced from the plane of the intermediate portions and secured to thepartition vertical, the intermediate portions being spaced apart toslidingly straddle a frame vertical.

ERNEST H. SCHILLING.

